“Remoted” – Day 527 (Wednesday)

Five star lunch.

Work had all the excitement (and the term is used loosely) that comes with craziness arriving from out of the blue. The morning started powered by caffeine and then got a big boost of adrenaline when the business end of the cell phone charger cord landed in a fresh, full cup of coffee. Luckily, there is almost always rice in the house, and a shot glass was used to hold the rice and the cord end. The adrenaline boost continued throughout a series of urgent tasks and hoop jumping that consumed most of the day. It was one thing after another. The morning gets two stars out of five.

Lunch was a suitable reward for the punishment of the morning. The squash, zucchini, rice, and cheese casserole made on Sunday was delicious on day one and reheats well. Today, it was presented with a side of fresh green beans. The crispness of the green beans was a nice counterpoint to the creaminess of the rice and baked veggies. Lunch gets five stars. 

Free yard gym.

After work, the back yard was visited for completion of Tuesday's mowing project. The clippings dried nicely in the day’s sunshine and were raked into piles. It was hot work, and the piles were abandoned before long and a retreat to the A/C initiated. When it got cooler outside, but before it was dark, it was back outside to scoop the piles into the yard waste barrel. The clippings, representing 15 days growth encouraged by plentiful rain, filled the barrel.

The yardwork officially counts as two consecutive days of workouts. The free gym/yard facility gets five stars for affordability, but the equipment is rather primitive with a rake and a barrel. Three stars for equipment. The gym/yard staff could exhibit more personality and as a result, three stars. At least there was no swearing tonight. HR might need to be involved for some staff coaching about attitude towards gym patrons. Wait, those are all me.